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July 2006
It's a Dirty Job, But They Dig It
Washington Post - United States... by square, looking for artifacts, a sense of history, an answer to a mystery -- or just ... Over the years, they have found fossils, animal teeth and ancient tools ...
German Beekeeper Escapes Harm After 20,000 Wasps Follow Him ...
FOX News - USA... swat the insects toward the open window of his living room with a brush. Police called in a pest controller to deal with the swarm.
Bees Swarm McMechen
WTOV9.com - Steubenville,OH,USA Thousands of bees were set loose in a local neighborhood, causing officials to shut down roads, and work for hours to get the problem under control
Gypsy moth 'plague,' though short, fosters fear
Pocono Record - Stroudsburg,PA,USAThe "plague of 2006" is now over, and people are already anticipating what next summer will bring to the Pocono forests. The gypsy
Tomb of first emperor's grandmother unearthed in Xi'an
Xinhua - China... According to Ding Yan, an associate researcher with the Shaanxi Research Institute of ... remains a mystery even if the terra cotta warrior underground army has ..
Heatwave brings jellyfish plague to Spanish beaches
EiTB - Euskadi, SpainSweltering temperatures sweeping Europe have brought a plague of jellyfish to Spain's eastern seashores, forcing holidaymakers to stay out of the sea, the Red ...
Snake plague rattles Dutch airfield
Expatica - Netherlands
AMSTERDAM — Locals residents have called for action to deal with the increasing snake population near the Eelde airfield in Drenthe.
Holly the collie survives 26 days trapped in gully
The Sunday Times - UK... She was able to survive by drinking rainwater dripping from the roof of the neighbouring ... said that Holly ran off after being let out into the garden in the ...
Customers swarm to mosquito repellents
Toledo Blade - Toledo,OH,USA
As residents of northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan confront the worst infestation of the blood-guzzling insects in more than a decade, sales of repellents ...
Bears showing up in unusual places
Boston Herald - United States
By Associated Press. Experts say bear encounters are increasing across the West as the effects of a long drought forces the animals ...
Too warm to swarm
Winnipeg Sun - Canada
The burning sun means very little buzzing and biting -- and that relief is felt across swaths of southern Manitoba. "Things are
1,500-year-old Byzantine port discovered
Houston Chronicle - United States
... Yet it's more than 1,500 years old. Engineers uncovered these ruins of an ancient Byzantine port during drilling for a huge underground rail tunnel.
A plague of frogs. Swarms of bloodthirsty skeeters. Giant Tiger ...
Toronto Sun - Canada... And for the 20 feet I could see in front of me was an almost-Biblical plague of frogs -- thousands and thousands of them, gleaming white in the headlights ...
The Incas keep their mysteries
Scotsman - United Kingdom
... Then, as Thomson makes his way from the ancient pyramids of the Caral, to the ... These Andean peoples are a mystery set to fuel many more travelogue-explorations.
Jellyfish swarm off Oahu shores
Honolulu Star-Bulletin - Honolulu,HI,USA
By Venus Lee. After a morning hike up the Diamond Head trail yesterday, 9-year-old Jason Kerr was looking forward to cooling off in the ocean. ...
Tropical Storm brings jellyfish swarm to NC shores
WWAY NewsChannel 3 - Wilmington,NC,USA
CAROLINA BEACH -- Biologists at the Fort Fisher Aquarium say the recent tropical storm may be to blame for an over-abundance of jellyfish in local waters. ...
Pesky critters plague farmers / Damage to crops by wildlife ...
The Daily Yomiuri - Osaka,Japan
As farmers continue to battle the nuisance that local wildlife poses to their crops, they are turning to everything from chasing the unwelcome animals away ...
UNUSUAL TALES: Alligator Found in Hotel Bathtub
Soonews.ca - Sault Ste. Marie,Ontario,Canada
In Phoenix, Arizona at a Motel 6, dozens of guests scurried from the spectacle of curiousity. For one honeymooning couple, in what
Unusual Water Plant Joins Hawley Pond Flora Newtown Bee - Newtown,CT,USA By Nancy K. Crevier. In what Lexington Gardens owner Tom Johnson only half-jokingly deemed, "A historic moment for Newtown," the ...
Neighbors Bristle at Unusual Flower Planter
abc11tv.com - Raleigh-Durham-Fayetteville,NC,USA... They say the unusual planter is a violation of Chapter 11 of the town ordinance, dealing with abandoned vehicles and scrap metal
Are they the devil's stones?
Hindu - Chennai,India... It was over the ancient court that the Romans placed the Great Court of ... Mystery shrouds the reason for this, as all the possible explanations put forward have
Hobby archeologist to talk about early people of UP
Ironwood Daily Globe - Ironwood,MI,USA... "Jim Paquette's chance discovery of ancient copper and stone artifacts in Marquette County unlocked the mystery of a migratory people who lived during the
Wild pigs plague Manoa area
KHON2 - Honolulu,HI,USA
Feral pigs are causing quite a mess in Manoa and surrounding areas, and many residents want the state to do something about the growing problem.
Health Officials Issue Bubonic Plague Warning
NBC4.TV - Los Angeles,CA,USA
LOS ANGELES -- Those visiting rural areas this summer should take precautions to avoid contracting bubonic plague, the state Department of Health warned Monday ...
Carved stone still unexplained after more than a century
Guelph Mercury (subscription) - Ontario, Canada In 1872, so the story goes, workers digging a hole for a fence post near Lake Winnipesaukee in the central part of this New England state found a lump of clay ...
Gravity Hill pulls the curious to Oak Grove AL.com - Birmingham,AL,USA By ANDY NETZEL. OAK GROVE -- Joey Harris, a 29-year-old man from Birmingham, tossed a golf ball down Gravity Hill Road. It bounced ...
Nearly a third of ancient Egypt still uncovered
USA Today - USA... was discovered 83 years ago, some experts have believed that the ancient burial grounds ... the findings this month in a show called King Tut's Mystery Tomb Opened
Timing woes plague man whose car was stolen
Tribune Chronicle - Warren,OH,USA
By JOHN GOODALL Tribune Chronicle. The exasperated Warren man wonders what more he has to do to get his stolen car back after already
On slackwater Snake River, beavers plague fruit growers
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
LEWISTON, Idaho -- Fruit farmers near the Snake River say slackwater created by a federal dam built 30 years ago has brought on a beaver plague, with the ...
Bees attack Tulsa emergency workers after crash
KTEN - Denison,TX,USA
TULSA, Okla. A Tulsa ambulance crew was attacked by a swarm of bees while trying to pull a man from the wreckage of his car during the night. ...
3 dogs dead, 2 puppies injured as bees swarm in West Palm
Sun-Sentinel.com - Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA WEST PALM BEACH -- Three dogs are dead and two puppies were fighting for their lives on Monday night after being attacked by a swarm of bees, news partner
Forts along the Lazio coast.
Wanted in Rome - Italy
... That mystery has remained unresolved as well ... a central watch-tower connected to the shore by a narrow causeway, with the outline of submerged ancient Roman fish ...
Plague fear on estate
ic SouthLondon.co.uk - United Kingdom
By Robert Dex. RATS infesting a rundown estate could spread the PLAGUE, according to a doctor-turned councillor. The disease, which
Laramie County cat diagnosed with plague
The Casper Star Tribune - Casper,WY,USA
CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Plague continues to be a risk for Wyoming pets. ... Those cases followed a 23-year hiatus in which no Wyoming pets were confirmed with plague.
Two Kansans find meteorite
KBSD - Dodge City,KS,USA
“Yeah, we moved here for the meteorites," says Don Stimpson. All in all, they found 1,500 pounds of meteorite material. “It’s ...
’Meteor fans hobby is otherworldly
LaSalle News Tribune - LaSalle,IL,USA
... said. Kerchner is an amateur meteorite hunter. He started about a year ago when he found a rock he thought might be a meteorite.
Turtle Mound is built on a heap of history
Orlando Sentinel - Orlando,FL,USA
... Middens are the equivalent of ancient dumps. ... Visitors can ponder the mystery as they stroll the shaded boardwalk to the mound's top to gaze over the water.
Solving the Mystery of Desert Varnish
Science Now - Washington,DC,USA
Ancient humans used it to create rock paintings durable enough to last ... And generations of scientists since then have struggled to penetrate its mystery. ...
The Ancient Secrets of Levitation
About - News & Issues - New York,NY,USA
... 10 tons, and how it arrived at its present location is a mystery. ... What was the secret these diverse and ancient cultures possessed to manipulate these great ...
Trade Secret Case Puts Coca-Cola in the Spotlight
Epoch Times - New York,NY,USA
... possible launch, company spokeswoman Crystal Walker replied, "This is corporation secret. ... original recipe is still safely locked in an underground safe inside ...
IFAW Helps Dogs After Volcano Forces Evacuation of Indonesian ...
U.S. Newswire (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
Mt. Merapi, a 2,965-meter-high volcano, has threatened eruption since May 13 and has spewed sulfur and heat clouds into the sky
300 years later, "Pirates" still plague insurers
Reuters India - Mumbai,India
By Ed Leefeldt. NEW YORK (Reuters) - While audiences will flock to see "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" when it opens ..
Mosquitoes plague mobile home park
Baytown Sun - Baytown,TX,USA
Baytown resident Charlene McLemore says she can’t walk outside her home in the Bramor mobile home park without being swarmed by 20 to 30 mosquitoes within ...
Above Top Secret: ET Underground Base Conspiracy
Conspiracy Planet - USA
... I believe this is because I am leaking information on projects classified "above top secret" which I will go into in detail in this article.
Swarm of bees near school
Blackburn Citizen - UK
The borough's official bee catcher said that the swarm had been brought on by the heatwave currently gripping East Lancashire and the rest of the UK. ...
Exit Rain, Enter Pests
Washington Post - United States
... Some health-related effects of the dousing -- notably, pests, mold, bacteria and allergy-related problems -- may take longer to emerge, experts say, and they ...
SAILOR AIMS GUN AS THUGS SWARM SHIP
Glasgow Daily Record - Glasgow,Scotland,UK By Craig Mcdonald C.Mcdonald@Dailyrecord.Co.Uk. A SAILOR had to aim his gun at a drunken mob who tried to board a warship in a Hebridean harbour. ...
Mosquito complaints swarm county
Great Falls Tribune - Great Falls,MT,USA
By ALEX STRICKLAND. Phones ring constantly at Tiffany Christiaens' desk in the Cascade County Weed and Mosquito Management office. ...
Mystery of an African queen
Guardian Unlimited - UK
... the sands of the Rub al-Khali - the Empty Quarter - the ancient, Southern Arabian ... fields of huge, carved granite monoliths are so shrouded in mystery that to ...
Metal relic an ancient scabbard
Grand Junction Sentinel - Grand Junction,CO,USA... Exactly how the sheath, much less the sword it once contained, got to Kannah Creek remains a mystery. ... “I think we just uncovered a weirder mystery.”. ...
Hobbits pulled off the stage
Edmonton Sun - Alberta, Canada
... in London's West End, where The Lord of the Rings will open next May - and on the Toronto theatre critics who failed to bellow the Hobbits's praises from the ...
Newfound meteorite may be among largest
Kansas.com - KS,USA BY BECCY TANNER. Don Stimpson thinks he has found a new meteorite crater in a Kiowa County field that was thought to have been largely cleared of meteorites.
Charlotte Rees and the China mystery
Lynchburg News and Advance - Lynchburg,VA,USA... In 1972, poking through a Korean curio shop, he came across an ancient Chinese map book that included a land mass called “Fu Sang.” Located to the east of ...
Rat plague threatens South Island birds Stuff.co.nz - Wellington,New Zealand Endangered birds in the South Island are under threat from a rat plague triggered by huge numbers of beech seed. Department of Conservation ...
Underground utopia
Ottawa Citizen - Ontario, Canada
... Steeped in local folklore involving fugitive slaves and restless spirits, Utopia's underground church looked like a cobweb-ridden crypt -- a place where ...
Farming practices blamed for looming mice plague
ABC Online - Australia
No-till farming practices and left over seed from last harvest are being blamed for a looming mice plague on South Australia's upper Eyre Peninsula.
Underground tunnels discovered in al-Jawf
Yemen Observer - Sana'a,Yemen
By Ameen Abduljalil. Ordinary people have accidentally discovered an ancient city of tunnels submerged under the sands of the al-Khard area in al-Jawf. ...
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